五、阅读短文，完成表格。
In China, the twelfth (第十二) month of the lunar calendar (农历) is called La Yue. The Laba Festival is on the eighth day of the month. It is a festival with wishes for a good life.
People like to eat Laba porridge (粥) on the morning of the Laba Festival. The traditional Laba porridge has 8 kinds of ingredients (原料), like rice, red beans (红豆), dried lotus seeds (干莲子), some nuts and different kinds of dried fruits. So the porridge is also called Eight Treasure Porridge. You can also put other things you like in the porridge.
To make the porridge delicious, people need to cook it for a long time. Many people even start to cook it from the night before, so they can have a bowl of warm and delicious porridge the next morning. After the festival, people begin to clean their houses and buy things to welcome the Spring Festival.
Chinese people like having Laba porridge because it is not only good for their health, but also carries good wishes for the coming Spring Festival.
| Name | The Laba Festival |
| ---- | ---- |
| Date | The eighth day of the 1.
twelfth
month |
| Meaning | It’s a festival with wishes for a good 2.
life
. |
| Food | Laba porridge (also called 3.
Eight
Treasure Porridge)
Traditional ingredients: rice, red beans, dried lotus seeds, some nuts, and different kinds of dried 4.
fruits
. People can also add other things
they like. |
| Way to make Laba porridge delicious | Need to 5.
cook
it for a long time. |
| Things to do after the Laba Festival | Clean houses and 6.
buy
things to welcome the Spring Festival. |
| Reasons why Chinese like Laba porridge | Good for 7.
health
and carries good 8.
wishes
for the coming Spring Festival. |
解析：
【分析】这是一道信息提取类的阅读填空题，解题思路是根据表格中每个空的语境提示，回到短文中定位对应的语句，精准提取匹配的单词填入空格即可，需确保提取的单词与原文表述一致。
【解析】1. 原文第一段提到“In China, the twelfth month of the lunar calendar is called La Yue. The Laba Festival is on the eighth day of the month.”，可知腊八节在第十二个月的第八天，故填twelfth；2. 第一段最后一句“It is a festival with wishes for a good life.”，对应填life；3. 第二段“So the porridge is also called Eight Treasure Porridge.”，对应填Eight；4. 第二段“Traditional Laba porridge has 8 kinds of ingredients...different kinds of dried fruits.”，对应填fruits；5. 第三段“To make the porridge delicious, people need to cook it for a long time.”，对应填cook；6. 第三段“After the festival, people begin to clean their houses and buy things to welcome the Spring Festival.”，对应填buy；7. 第四段“it is not only good for their health”，对应填health；8. 第四段“but also carries good wishes for the coming Spring Festival.”，对应填wishes。
【答案】1. twelfth 2. life 3. Eight 4. fruits 5. cook 6. buy 7. health 8. wishes
【知识点】阅读理解（信息提取）、节日文化常识
【点评】本题围绕腊八节的相关信息设置填空，考查学生对英文短文的信息定位与提取能力，内容贴近生活，难度较低，适合巩固基础。
【难度系数】0.8
